The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 19, 1903, Page 14

14 TOBAGCD MEN I CLUTEHES 0F T LAW Gigantic Fraud Exposed ’ by Revenue Agent ‘ Thomas. [ | | Warehouse Receipts, Domestic Cigars and Bogus Labels. | ] Imported Boxes Filled With | 1‘ | Large San Francisco Firm and Many Smaller Dealers Are to Be Prosecuted and Punished. AASELE LS cigars were selzed WL IAY sy afternoon in the wholesale oA f Ehrman Bros. & Co. at et by Internal Revenue Lynch and Bert M. internal revenue agent. be confiscated when the order shall have been returned »d Ehrman Bros. & rosecuted for conspiracy to her prominent retail dealers ed by the revenue officers arged with refilling > o law. The officers hrman Bros. & Co., = for a §75 per 1000 brand, have been banded with the coun- er 1000 cigar, pre- | .»)‘mdtu that the ced in empty | | more expensive imported they have suggested that bands and gars by the cigars has | | me, and the | | hich is the | | T ade complaint to the| | e and his men complain: /M,, Jor tiinlh get- , Lave case, lation of the gar boxes and HIS promises to be a day to be re- membered by the Eppingers if the testimony that the District Attor- ney counts upon is produced for the consideration or the Grand Attorney Byington said yesterday that he had sufficient testimony to make | indictments of the members of the firm | reasonably certain. The eves of the busi- | ness community of San Francisco wili be | accordingly directed toward the City Hall | to-day. The Grand Jury will meet this afternoon. In addition to warehouse receipts issued for grain to creditors ‘who are now unable to find their grain or recover their money, | e Government case, but the offer, and his rk were seized and ng uent dealers in | J a very serious confiscation face CIVIL ACTION BEGUN. for the Havana West Indies, Court yesterday nan and Alfred Ehrman as copartners under the rman Bros. & Co. and a score of cigar dealers of this city | witnesses will be present to throw light for vio rademark laws in sub-| on the entire transactions of the Eppin- | manufactured in this | gers The warehouse grain book that the rted brand. Judge | attorneys for the creditors have been injunction to the vainly trying to get hold of is not coming before the Grand Jury, at least at this | time. Receiver Wadsworth and other bankers will probably testify. { Yesterday the attorney for the creditors | of Eppinger & Co.. through thelr attorneys, prepared a brief for the eyes of Judge de | Haven and furnished a copy of the same | to Attorney Ach, who will have two days, including to-day. in which to reply. This brief deals with the question of the juris- diction of the United States Court to throw into involutary bankruptcy the Pa- cific Warehouse Company. The general was served on the many nd his clients purpose pros- to the end. The plaintiffs for $100,000 damages, an injunction. nt states that Ehrman Bros. | ave been selling cigars manufactur- taella & Co. of Tampa, Fla., for cigars sent to this country by the Havana Commercial Com- L?r;ir.;::z ]:s]:tzfl’;:;éd\ lx‘!‘\i?“éh&rn:i\on claim of the attorneys for the creditors is Bros. & Co. have nags tands simiaman | that a concern which takes grain from the farmers, that issues warehouse re- ceipts and then sends the grain out to purchasers is engaged in a mercantile pursuit and in trade. A MAY EPISODE. It now is developed that the first person to discover that grain was removed from the warehouse for which warehouse re- ceipts had been issued by the Eppingers was Emile E. Kahn, a grain dealer at 214 | Pine street. Had he made his discovery public the crash of the firm would have come in the first days of May of this year | instead of one month later. Kahn found in May that grain belong- ing to him was missing from the ware- houses. He demanded that either the e la e L wheat be produced or that he be pald the | money representing the current value of sed on the imported cigars placed ADVERTISEMENTS. the grain. In lleu of his own grain he was offered inferior wheat. This he re- ummer. . | ing paid $15 less for the cigars, make that | much profit by “stuffing” the cheaper brand in boxes that call for the imported cigar. ‘ MANY DEALERS INVOLVED. | The following defendants are enjoined | by the court from doing what they have been alleged to have practiced during the past year: Lex Ehrman and Alfred Ebrman, as in- | aividuals “and " as corartners under the frm i name and style of Ehrman Bros. '0.; Bauer find remarkably cut | Hess, §. Iverson Blake, John Doe Carr, T. H. prices on Marcuse, 1. H. Frank, J. Krumb and F. Mier- son, as individuals and copartners -under- the | firm name of Krumb & Mierson; P. Bouchard, Women's Waists, S. Gross and 1. Lable, partners under the firm name of Gross & Lable; Ross Eckhardt. Philip car At Greatly Reduced Prices By visiting the follow- ing departments you will Summer Skirts, D g LR g e Summer Shirt- Hienry Davin. A, Erateld, H. Falk, C. Franmm, | P, Giusto, T. Halllhan, E. Hauser, A. Hess, Waist Suits, R u‘:mm.‘.‘.', g B e el Summer Underwear, | Page B0 pelz, B p:fi'..‘:lc.é"y':'g:.‘.'::'; . 0. Raabe, O. Reichenbach, Riblet, | Friedman, W. Rosenberg, C. Ry H. G. Se Children’s Dresses, | T e e | Praag, W. J. Young, Joh n Doe, Richard Roe, - Kilts for Small | Frank Pink, John Pink, Henry Pink, John | White, Ira White, Frank White, Oscar White, Boys { John ' Black, Frank Black, Henry Black, 4 | Charies Biack, Louis Brows. Frank Brown, Girlsv fllld Boysy 1-Yohll Brown and James Brown. ! In discussing the case last evening Mr. | Ach sald: Hats and Coats. | vs s on ok e A The revenue officers have taken cognizance of it and to-day visited the business of Ehrman loio Vy o0 ,,,,,/,/,,,,,/ alstonewigh Brothers Co. and found the of- { s ms alleged in_ the _complaint. |Fhe trade 'in = standard brands ou ime | cigars has fallen off Ban Franclsco owing to the “‘stuffing” of the boxes by un- firm and other firms in San Francisco. 1 been instructed by the Havana Cammerc I ‘ommny to ferret out every instance of “‘stuff- ng” and enjoin dealers from following out |nm fllegal practice. Section 350 of the Penal Code of this State makes it unlawful for any T B THE SAN l/«; .m/// e fosdois Mm/mul;/:m’rfa«( i), b foes Fn n/»’a FRANCISCO EPPINGER FAILURE COMES - BEFORE GRAND JURY TO-DAY Books, Accounts and Testimony Supplied by Creditors and Others Possessing Information Are Relied Upon by District Attorney to Secure Return of Indictments CALL, FRIDAY, according to Kahn's story, with the ofter of the full market value of the grain if Kahn would keep the matter quiet. Kahn accepted the offer and the charges were withdrawn. In speaking of the incident, Kahn said yesterday: “If I had been a greenhorn who could tell only the difference between wheat and barley, the trick would have worked. But I was not a novice. My wheat dis- appeared and an Inferior brand was of- fered. If the affalr had come before the grain committee the crash of Eppinger & Co. would doubtless have taken place a month earlfer than it did.” CLAIMS OF TWO BANKS. Notice was served Wednesday night on Recelver Henry Wadsworth of the suits in conversion filed by the American Na- tional Bank and the Bank of Monterey against him. The suits were based on the action of the receiver in preventing the removal of grain ‘from Eppinger ware- houses that was claimed by the two suing banks. Yesterday it was sald by the at- torneys of the banks in these cases that if Wadsworth was found by Judge de ofe. TWO ATTORNEYS WHO FIGURE PROMINENTLY IN THE PROCEED- | INGS AGAINST EPPINGER & CO.. AND A DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE USED AS EVIDENCE BEFORE THE GRAND JURY. | | fused to take and insisted on being pald and the money was forthcoming. He felt no longer aggrieved and so said nothing about the matter. Through Blum & Co. Kahn had pur- chased a lot of wheat for $2720 early in the winter, which was to remain in the Pacific warehouses until demand for de- livery. The wheat brokers gave a ware- house receipt and a delivery notice on | April 30. Kahn ascertained that his wheat was designateu as lot No. 641, in ware- house No. 1, gangway No. 4. Becoming suspicious that all was not right, Kahn sent an agent up to the warehouses about May 1 to obtain a sam- ple of the wheat stored there under his name. The sample of wheat which the agent brought back from lot No. 641 did not tally at all with the sample of the grain originally purchased which was kept in the office of the grain exchange. It was a different varlety of wheat and of a far inferior quality. Kahn's wheat was not there. On May 5 Kahn filed charges against M. Blum & Co. with the grain committee of the Merchants' Exchange and notified the brokers of his action. Blum imme- diately notified Kahn that he had sold him the wheat as brokers for Eppinger & Co. Herman Eppinger then came to Kahn, one to substitute one brand for another. All the dealers who are named in this complaint and others whose names will be substituted for fictitious names used will be compelled to 80 on the, stand and testify. This traffic has been- engaged In by the leading dealers of San Francisco are not importers. —_———————— Cut Out Care; Take a Complete Rest. For real solid comfort and enjoyable rest no country appeals so strongly as that along the California Northwestern Rallway. The climate is delightful, the mineral springs are numerous, there are over 300 living streams, many lovely val- Jeys and lakes, well-wooded foothills and ranges, so that a person can havefor his vacation any kind of environment desired. You can stop at a mineral spring resort, dwell in a pretty town, rusticate on a farm, camp by a lovely stream or in a wild and Ecturuque,unyon To ald you in your choice of location for a summer outing the company is now distributing ““Vacation 1902, a book of over 100 pages. Call or write for a copy. During the sum- mer season special round-trip rates are made to mln{ points. On Saturdays and BSundays, with return limit Mondays, a considerable reduction is made to points (not lubnrhl.n). and on Sundays one fare for the round mfl so that frequent trips can be made b and forth, and friends can visit those mmmuln‘ along the road. cket offices at 650 Market street (Chronicle building) and at Tiburon ferry, foot of Market street; general office Mu- tual Life bullding, corner me and California streets, San Franciseo. —_———— Stenographer Transferred. ‘Wade H. Hightower, sten the superintendent co: Union Iron Works, will transferred to the office of the Collector of the Port on July 1 at a salary of §1000 per annum. ——— to Fine half-tone printing; not cheap, but well | executed, Mysell-Rollins, 22 Clay. Main 5051.% ructor at the — Haven in the test proceedings in the United States District Court not to be legally the receiver, then they will pro- ceed agailnst Wadsworth as an individual. Attorney Chickering says that the grain claimed by the two banks that sue the receiver was marked by the banks after they had received a written order from Herman Eppinger. The order was writ- ten four days before Eppinger & Co. sus- pended business, and was addressed to the superintendent of the Eppinger ware- houses. The banks sent competent men to the warehpuses and there found their grain in the position that the warehouse receipts called for them to be. It was also pointed out by the superintendent of the warehouses as their property. It was not in as great quantity as the receipts represented, but the banks had no ques- tion as to the identity and ownership of the wheat that they found. They had it marked and put their own representative in the warehouse to look out for it, but he was thrown out. As an additional precaution the American National Bank and the Bank of Monterey, before the suspension of Eppinger & Co., came and while business was progressing regular- 1y, had a dlagram of the warehouse made where their property was and had wit- nesses to view the sacks in the ware- house that bore their brand. RESENTS INSINUATIONS ON HER DRAMATIC ABILITY Fair Plaintiff in Suit Against D. J. Grauman Tells of Alleged Breach of Contract. The suit of Robert A. Barnes and wife against D. J. Grauman for the recovery of $265 alleged to be due on a contract to perform at the defendant’s theater was on trial before Justice of the Peace Law- son yesterday. Barnes testified that he and his company «were engaged for six weeks, but that before that time Grau- man dismissed them. Mrs. Barnes testi- fled that after the first night they were ordered to change their act. “They wanted something ‘rotten,’” sald Mrs. Barnes, “so we gave it to them."” “Isn’t it a fact, madam,” asked Charles Ackerman, attorney for Grauman, “that both of your acts were ‘rotten’?"” Mrs. Barnes blushed and was about to resent the insinuation on her dramatic | ARBITRATORS WILL ability when Judge Lawson ‘prevented hostilities by adjourning court until to- day, when he will hear argument. —_————————— Graham Held to Answer. ‘Willilam 'C. Graham was held to answer before the SBuperfor Court by Police Judge Conlan yesterday on a charge of burglary in $2000 bonds. On the morning of June 14 he broke into a French laundry at 3372 Mission. street and forced open the tele- phone box. The contents were found in: his pocket when arrested by Policeman | McHugh. Graham was arrested on May 6 for breaking into the grocery of his friend Henry Wesch, 1524 Guerrero street, and stealing $180 from the safe,” but ‘Wesch refused to prosecute him. JUNE 19, 1903. [TNESSES TELL OF FIERGE THIRGT Doctor Describes Duns- muir's Love for Liquor. Says He Drank So Heavily It Was Necessary to i Chloroform Him. e The taking of testimony in the Alex- ander Dunsmuir will case was resumed yesterday morning in the office of Clem- ent Bennett, the United States official reporter, in the Mills building. British Vice Consul Wellesley Moore presided. Edna Wallace Hopper's interests were | carefully watched by Judge Edward P. Coyne and Alexander Heynemann, while A. P. Luxton represented James Duns- | muir. The principal witness of the day was Dr. Cornelius Fitzgerald Buckley, who | proved a powerful factor on the side of | the plaintiff. Dr. Buckley stated that he ‘ had been a practitioner in this city for thirty-four years. He said he had been | called to attend the late Alexander Duns- muir November 2, 1883, at his place of abode at 828 Turk street, and that he had continued treating him until December b of the same year. He said that during that time he was suffering from mania- a-potu, which in plain English is insan- ity caused by excessive use of powerful intoxicants. He stated that his patient could not sleep and that he was to all intents and purposes insane. It required a force of nurses to control | him and finally his case was aggravated | by an attack of uraemic polsoning. He | became in such a terrible condition from | his insatiable thirst for liquor that he was | almost beyond control. The most power- ful narcotics were administered to quiet him, but without any effect. Finally he | became so violent that it became neces- sary to chloroform him. At the expiration of five weeks' time he was sufficlently recoverad to be able to get up and was sent to Europe. Dr. Buckley advised him that the use of drink in the mildest form would kill him and he promised to stop drinking. After two years abroad he returned to this city and Dr. Buckley met him in the Occidental Hotel, where he found him'to | be in a semi-idiotic state with bloated face and every appearance of being soak- ed with liquor. The next witness called was Charles F. | Schlundt, a bellboy at the Palace Hotel. | He testified that he carried a large amount of drinks of every kind to the | deceased and could hardly get them there fast enough to suit. He sald Dunsmuir | had his head bandaged up with a (0“(1 most of the time. Dunsmuir paid well | for his services, so he was Kept supplied to the utmost limit. The next session of the hearing will be held Monday at the British consulate. ~ MEET THIS MORNING E. J. Hvemauh Will Open the Case on Behalf of the Car- men’s Union. The arbitration proceedings between the carmen’s union and the United Railroads | will open this morning at 10 o’'clock in the Rialto building. The case of the employes will be pre- sented by E. J. Livernash, who will brief- ly open the case on behalf of the car- men's union. It is expected that it will take fully a month before all the testimony on both sides has been presented. —————— Leaves Estate to Relatives. The will of the late Elizabeth W. H. Moxley was filed for probate yesterday. | She distributed her $100,000 estate as fol lows: To Carrie Talbott, a niece, of Red- ding, $1000; to Ella H. Mooney, a niece, a residence at 111 Fell street; to George W. Snedd, nephew, $250; to Angie 8. War- ren, a niece, of Warren, Mass., $10. The residue is divided as follows: Three-| tenths to Lydia H. Mooney of Oakland, a sister; one-tenth to W. H. Harrington of Gainesville, Fla., a brother, and two- tenths each to W. H. 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Bathe with hot water and Cuticura Soap, to cleanse the surface of crusts and scales, and soften the thickened cuticle. Dry, without hard rubbing, and apply Cuti- cura Ointment freely, to allay itching, {rritation and inflammation, and soothe and heal, and lastly, take the Cuticura Resolvent, to cool and cleanse the blood. This treatment affords instant relief, permits rest afid sleep in the .severest forms of Eczema and other itching, burning and scaly humours, and points to a specdy, permanent and economical cure of torturing, disfiguring humours, from pimples to Scrofula, from infancy all other remedies and the ErEe et We’re Leaving the scene of Forty years’ successful Wholesaling. We’ re now selling, at the lowest prices ever asked for de- pendable merchandise, our entire stock of Fine Clothing for Man, Boy and Child. location arly in the handsome new establishment specially arranged We change our present July for for the sale and production of our fine qualities of Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Wearing Apparel, at 514-516 Market St. Help yourself now future Clothing needs. this month and select from the big- gest assortment of fine Clothing in You’ll never equal this oppor= town. tunity to secure t clothing at the prices. Mill to Man Make No Mistake WHOLE- SALE CLOTHIERS 12 BROW 11123 SANSOME ST. 10.YOU by providing your Come down he highest quality lowest range of Get the Right Store BROS.; RETAILING &°CO. BELL'S FRIENDG QUITSEARCHING Police, However, Seek Firemen’s Association Secretary. When John P, Bell, secretary and treasurer of the Pacific Coast Marine Firemen's Association, dropped out of sight his friends united with the police in the endeavor to solve the problem of his disappearance. Developments since Bell's departure have caused his friends to drop the hunt, but have spurred the police to renewed efforts. An examina- tion of Bell's books showed his records to be in good shape and up to date, but when the cash came to be counted the reason for the secretary’s departure was immediately manifest. Members of the union decline to discuss the affair, but it is stated on reliable authority that Bell's shortage amounts to about $1800. Bell was seen last at the union head- | quarters on the afternoon of Decoration day. It was suggested that the unknown | who shot himself at the end of Meiggs whart and whose body disappeared in the bay might have been Bell and rumor spoke of mysterlous enemies who may ! have waylaid and made away with the secretary. The discovery of the shortage, however, spoiled these theories and it be came evident that, like Ward and Rog- ers, Bell was just a plain embezzler in search of a city of refuge. The marine firemen have been unfortu- nate in their selection of financial officers. Patrick Rogers, who was treasurer before | Bell, got away with something like $500, and Bernard Ward, who had charge of the cash prior to Rogers’ Incumbency, was convicted of loating the treasury to the extent of about $4000. Rogers and Ward took the city-of-ref- uge journey, but failed to find the seeur- ity they sought. The arm of the law reached them, they were convicted in the courts #md are now explating their faith- less stewardship behind steel bars. While the amount of his alleged steal- ings is modest compared with the thefts of his predecessors, the search for “Bell will be just as relentless and if successful the result as far as Bell is concerned will be much the same. Bell was married about two years ago He left behind him a wife and a child. — e————— MOTHER HAS HER SON CHARGED WITH FELONY Joseph Smith, a Printer, Booked for Assault With a Deadly ‘Weapon. Joseph Smith, a printer 20 years of age, was intoxicated yesterday morning and raised a disturbance in the house of his mother, Mrs. E. Smith, 532% Ellis Street. The police were notified and Harry Hook and Smith Carr arrested him and booked him at the City Prison for being drunk. Mrs. Smith called at the Hall of Justice later and swore to a complaint before Police Judge Conlan charging her son with an assault with a deadly weapon, and the warrant was served upon him in the City Prison. “My son was drunk this morning,” said Mrs. Smith, “and he grasped his aunt by the throat and tried to choke her. When I interfered to protect her he pulled a razor out of his pocket and threatened to kill me. It is not the first time he has done it. I have supported him for the past five months, as he is too lazy to work and he spends all the money he can get in drink. I am really afraid of my life and it is about time something was done to him. —_—————————— Says Lottery Ticket Won. An attachment for $7500 was levied yes- ferday on the store belonging to R. Fer- nandez at 1211 Powell street at the in- stance of C. Gavatequl through his at- torneys, Riordan and Lande, Gavatequi claims to have purchased a lottery ticket which won $7500. He alleges that after the drawing he turned the ticket over for collection to Fernandez, who Informed him it had won $10. Gavatequl has since ascertained, so he alleges, that his ticket drew $7500, and he is seeking to recover the amount by process of court. —_——————— Parry’s coat of whitewash. Read the WIlp on City Hall politicians. 9" Ele- gance Many business men prefer a flat- top desk because of the additional room which it gives for the exam. ination of papers and documents. 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